Auburn board of trustees: Gov. Robert Bentley urges people to apply for 9 spots

Auburn University has 9 trustee positions up for appointment this year and Alabama's governor, Robert Bentley, is encouraging interested people to apply.

AUBURN, Alabama -- With 9 spots on the Auburn University Board of Trustees opening this year, Gov. Robert Bentley is encouraging anyone interested in applying to do so and today issued a letter explaining the application process.

"We now have the opportunity to select the next members of the Aubul1l University Board of Trustees, a decision important to the state and every friend of Alabama's preeminent Land Grant Institution," Bentley wrote. "The Auburn Board will have 9 vacancies in 2011, and I encourage all interested individuals to consider applying."

The positions in districts 1, 2, 3 (Lee County), 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and one at-large position are to be appointed during this process, Bentley said. The governor serves as president of the Auburn board and at the current time districts 1 and 6 are vacant.

A Trustee Selection Committee, comprised of 2 current Auburn trustees, 2 members of the Auburn University Alumni Board and Bentley or his designee, will select nominees, which require confirmation by the Alabama Senate.